STAND. COM. REP. NO.334-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2561
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2561 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve the role of the Hawaii Paroling Authority (Authority) in our criminal justice system by:
(1) Changing the two part-time positions of the Authority to full-time member positions;
(2) Providing funds for the additional compensation, office equipment, and other related expenses;
(3) Requiring the position of chairperson to rotate every two years among the members; and
(4) Precluding Authority members from engaging in outside employment.
The Authority, the Department of Public Safety (PSD), and a concerned citizen submitted testimony in support of this bill. PSD also recommended deleting the provision allowing Authority members to be paid for travel expenses, including mileage from home to work.
Your Committees find that the appropriation made by this bill includes not only additional compensation to pay for the increased salaries of the part-time Authority members, but is also intended to pay for office equipment and other related expenses.
Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the provision allowing Authority members to receive payment for travel and incidental expenses; and
(2) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, style, and consistency.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and Labor and Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2561, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2561, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and Labor and Public Employment,
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____________________________ SCOTT K. SAIKI, Chair |
____________________________ NESTOR GARCIA, Chair |
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